mačka
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mačka
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
mačka f
Declension
Further reading
- “mačka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “mačka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “mačka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Latvian
Noun
mačka f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of mačka (4th declension)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mȁčka f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏чка, diminutive mȁčkica, relational adjective mȁčjī)
- cat (animal)
- (slang) pretty girl, chick, bird
- 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list:
- Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.
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Declension
Declension of mačka
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mačka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mačka f (male equivalent kocúr, relational adjective mačací or (rare) mačí, diminutive mačička, augmentative mačisko)
- cat (domestic species)
Declension
Declension of mačka (pattern žena)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mačka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačьka, from *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”) + *-ьka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mȃčka f
- cat (domestic species)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | máčka | ||
| gen. sing. | máčke | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
máčka | máčki | máčke |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
máčke | máčk | máčk |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
máčki | máčkama | máčkam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
máčko | máčki | máčke |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
máčki | máčkah | máčkah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
máčko | máčkama | máčkami |
Further reading
- “mačka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “mačka”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references